Professor John Swinton

Professor John Swinton
Professor John Swinton
Professor John Swinton

BD, PhD (Aberdeen), RMN (Registered Mental Nurse),
RNMD (Registered Nurse for People with Learning Disabilities)

Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies

About
Email Address
j.swinton@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273224
Office Address

School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen. AB24 3UB

School/Department
School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History

External Memberships

I am a former member of the AHRC panel review committee, the British and Irish Association of Practical Theology, the International Academy of Practical Theology and the American Academy of Religion. I am also a member of the Scottish Association of Healthcare Chaplains and a registered member of the NMC. (Nursing and Midwifery Council) I  sit on the National Board of Social Responsibility within the national Church of Scotland and the local boards of mission and ministry.

I am curretly one of the editors of the Journal of Health and Social Care Chaplaincy. I am a former editor of Contact: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Pastoral Studies (Contact (Now re-titled Practical Theology) is the leading journal of practical theology within the United Kingdom).I was the founding editor of the Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplains. I sit on the editorial board of various other leading pastoral journals in Britain and the United States including: The Journal of Religion, Disability and Health, Contact, The Scottish Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, The Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy.

Research

Research Overview

Psalm 147 The foundation for much of my research and teaching has emerged from my background in nursing, ministry and healthcare chaplaincy. I worked as a nurse for sixteen years initially within the field of mental health and latterly within the area of learning disabilities. I also worked for a number of years as a hospital chaplain, latterly as a community mental health chaplain. It was whilst working in these fields that I began to gain a passion for developing modes of care that are genuinely person centred and which take seriously the significance of theology, spirituality and religion within the processes of healing, healing and community building.

I am an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland with a strong commitment to supporting the work of the church. I am member of Aberdeen Presbytery and currently secretary of Christ's College, which is responsible for the welfare and education of candidates for the ministry of the Church of Scotland.

I have a particular interest in multidisciplinary education and research. At present I teach cross-college courses in the schools of nursing and medicine at the University of Aberdeen. For a number of years I have taught an interdisciplinary course on spirituality and health that involves nursing students, medical students and students from the Arts and Theology. To my knowledge there is no other course like this in the UK. I also teach on spirituality and healthcare to nurses and occupational therapists at Robert Gordon's University in Aberdeen.

I also engage in cross-college interdisciplinary research. An example of this would be our ongoing collaborative research with Professor Steve Heys who heads up the Breast Cancer Unit at Forresterhill Hospital in Aberdeen. We are working on a number of projects exploring the relationship between spirituality and women's experiences of breast cancer.

My research profile is similarly multidisciplinary in its emphasis, and I have published extensively within the area of practical theology, pastoral care, mental health studies, disability theology and nursing.

I am honorary professor of nursing in the Centre for Advanced Studies in Nursing at the University of Aberdeen ( http://www.abdn.ac.uk/nursing/) where I teach the role of the humanities and healthcare, nursing ethics and qualitative research. I supervise PhD students in nursing studies within a variety of areas. I continue to research and publish in the areas of nursing and medicine.

Disability Theology

I have a strong interest in disability issues and in particular the theology of disability. We are currently working on a variety of important projects. We have just completed an Arts and Humanities Research Council fudned project to develop an approach to accessing the spiritual lives of people with advanced dementia. This project is now completed and the materials are beign produced within The Purple Bicycle Project. This is a unique project that will fill a vital gap in our practical and theological knowledge. We are currently working on various projects within the area of disability studies exploring areas such as: dementia, theology and mental health, genetics and disability, the spirituality of people with profound and complex needs, religion and autism.

I have a new book out on dementia: Dementia: Living in the Memories of God and myself and my colleague Dr. Brian Brock have a new reader in disability which came out in 2012: Disability in the Christian Tradition: A reader (Eerdmans 2012). I've also just finished a littel book on mental health in the Parish which I wrote with Jean Vanier: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mental-Health-Inclusive-Church-Resource/dp/0232530661 

 

Pastoral Care

I have a particular interest in the pastoral ministry of the church. This interest emerges from my position as a minister in the Church of Scotland as well as my background in nursing and hospital chaplaincy. I teach courses at postgraduate and undergraduate levels focusing on various aspects of pastoral care and counselling and have a number of publications which explore various dimensions of this area of ministry. I am particularly interested in mental health issues both as they relate to the spiritual dimensions of care offered by religious communities as well as the spiritual care offered by established "secular" mental health services. I also have an interest in the role of the church as a community in the care of marginalised people. I direct the department's MTh program in Practical Theology which provides a unique blend of pastoral, ethical and missional studies designed to enable students to develop vital insights and skills within this area.

 

Current Research

The School of Practical Theology in Aberdeen has developed a unique prespective which brings together practical theology and combines it creatively with moral theology in a way that is academically rigorous and practically transformative. Our discipline begins and ends with inquiries focused on practices. The ground for this focus is an understanding of faith as a lived entity. Our task is to think through faith not as "belief" but as lived. Thus the primary reference of our theologizing is the lived life in all its contemporary forms. This contrasts with biblical studies focus on texts, systematics focus on doctrines, church history's focus on the history of the community of faith, but relies on these forms of inquiry in understanding what it means for faith to be lived.

Collaborations

The Kairos Forum for people with Intellectual or Cognitive Disabilities

(KFICD) seeks to highlight and respond to the spiritual and religious needs of people with disabilities. Our aim is to facilitate the crafting and empowerment of ‘community of belonging’, both within religious and secular settings. Our expertise will provide specialist services and resources which will enable and empower people with disabilities to experience dignity, respect, care, access and authentic participation within well formed and empathic communities

 

European Society for Theology and Disability

The European Society for the Study of Theology and Disability seeks to stimulate and support theological reflection on the lives of people with disabilities and their families. It confesses that the Christian Church and its theology often have not used their valuable sources to support such people. It therefore seeks to include people with disabilities in its own activities. It believes that rigorous theological thinking has much to contribute positively to the understanding of social and cultural processes that currently shape their lives. It is particularly concerned with tendencies that target "disability" as a problem to be solved, and that approach it within the framework of liberal individualism and its obsession with consumer choice. The Society brings together people who are committed to support the increasing participation of people with disabilities in Christian communities and in society at large through their research and writing.

 

Centre for Minsitry Studies

I recently formed teh Aberdeen University Centre for Minsitry Studies. (CMS) The Centre endeavours to be a centre of excellence that seeks to facilitate world class education and training for people involved in Christian ministry at home and internationally. Through developing and nurturing creative and innovative working relationships between the academy and the church, the Centre strives to produce scholarly work and practical training initiatives designed to enable people to think and to practice well.

 

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

I teach courses within a variety of areas including:

  • Pastoral care and counselling
  • The theology of disability
  • Theology, spirituality and mental health
  • spirituality, health and healing
  • The church in a post-modern context
  • Healthcare ethics
  • Qualitative research methods.

I teach and supervise students at postgraduate and undergraduate levels within the full range of practical theology.

Publications

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  • Educating for Inclusive, Caring Communities: What kind of education do clergy and ordinands require in order to include and care for people living with dementia and their carers and supporters?

    Riley, J., Wight, T., Archer, P., Calder, S., Haultain, L., Oakey, S., Thompson, J., Swinton, J.
    University of Aberdeen
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
  • "God hasn't given up on them": Christian dementia carers' narratives of experiencing and challenging 'anticipatory grief' and 'social death'

    Riley, J., Swinton, J.
    Carers' Experiences of Grief
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
  • Deliver us from evil: a call for Christians to take evil seriously

    Swinton, J.
    Wipf & Stock. 140 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Empirical Research, Theological Limits, and Possibilities

    Swinton, J.
    The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Theology and Qualitative Research. Ward, P., Tveitereid, K. (eds.). Wiley, pp. 81-90, 10 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Christians Hearing Voices: Affirming Experience and Finding Meaning

    Swinton, J.
    Journal for the Study of Spirituality, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 98-99
    Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles
  • The Importance of Dialogue for Pastoral Theological Development: Some Reflections on van Holten and Walton’s Theological Method and its Problems with the ‘Timelessness of God’

    Swinton, J., Brock, B.
    Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, vol. 10, no. 1
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Christianity and Disability

    Swinton, J., Raffety, E.
    Christianity and Psychiatry. Peteet, J. R., Moffic, H. S., Hankir, A., Koenig, H. G. (eds.). Springer International Publishing AG, pp. 129-140, 12 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Re-imagining personhood: dementia, culture and citizenship

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 172–181
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Finding Jesus in the Storm: The spiritual lives of people with mental health challenges

    Swinton, J.
    William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids. 245 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Potential Roles of Churches and Ecclesiology for Disability Inclusion

    Tamminga, K. S., Schaeffer, H., Swinton, J.
    International Journal of Practical Theology, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 89-110
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Disability, Vocation, and Prophetic Witness

    Swinton, J.
    Theology Today, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 186-197
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • A timeless God? A Rejoinder to van Holten and Walton

    Swinton, J.
    Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 103-115
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • BASS ten years on: A personal reflection

    Swinton, J.
    Journal for the Study of Spirituality, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 6-14
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Religious Involvement and Self-Perceived Spiritual Health: A Quantitative Study of Canadian Children with Disabilities

    Michaelson, V., Swinton, J., King, N., Pickett, W.
    Journal of Disability and Religion, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 371-392
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • What comes next?: Practical theology, faithful presence, and prophetic witness

    Swinton, J.
    Practical Theology, vol. 13, no. 1-2, pp. 162-173
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Spiritual care training and the GP curriculum: where to now?

    Appleby, A., Swinton, J., Wilson, P.
    Education for Primary Care, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 194-197
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Medicating the Soul: Why Medication Needs Stories

    Swinton, J.
    Christian bioethics, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 302-318
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Spiritual Care in General Practice: Rushing in or fearing to tread? An Integrative Review of Qualitative Literature

    Appleby, A., Wilson, P., Swinton, J.
    Journal of Religion and Health, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 1108-1124
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • A Graceful Embrace: Theological Reflections on Adopting Children

    Brock, B. R. (ed.), Swinton, J. (ed.)
    Brill. 246 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • GPs and spiritual care: signed up or souled out?: A quantitative analysis of GP trainers’ understanding and application of the concept of spirituality

    Appleby, A., Swinton, J., Bradbury, I., Wilson, P.
    Education for Primary Care, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 367-375
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The Unforeseen Relationship Between Spirituality and Psychiatric Medication: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study

    Vanderpot, L. E., Swinton, J., Bedford, H.
    Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 14-26
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • What GPs mean by 'spirituality' and how they apply this concept with patients: a qualitative study

    Appleby, A., Swinton, J., Wilson, P.
    BJGP Open, vol. 2, no. 2, bjgpopen18X101469
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • GPs - At home with science and the humanities?

    Appleby, A., Swinton, J., Wilson, P.
    The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 67, no. 665, pp. 571-572
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Spirituality, nursing and mental health

    Swinton, J., Gibson, S.
    Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: The craft of caring. Third Edition edition. Taylor and Francis AS, pp. 95-104, 10 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Running for Jesus! The Virtues and the Vices of Disability and Sport

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of Disability & Religion, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 189-200
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Becoming Friends of Time: Disability, Timefullness, and Gentle Discipleship

    Swinton, J.
    SCM Press, London. 245 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • From Inclusion to Belonging: Why ‘Disabled’ Bodies are Necessary for the Faithfulness of the Church

    Swinton, J.
    Theology and the Experience of Disability: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Voices Down Under. Picard, A., Habets, M. (eds.). Routledge, 12 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Contextual issues: Health and healing

    Swinton, J., Kelly, E.
    A Handbook of Chaplaincy Studies: Understanding Spiritual Care in Public Places. Taylor and Francis Inc., pp. 175-185, 11 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • The Wisdom of L’Arche and the Practices of Care: Disability, Professional Wisdom and Encounterin-community

    Swinton, J.
    Towards Professional Wisdom: Practical Deliberation in the People Professions. Taylor and Francis, pp. 153-168, 16 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • A Word From the Guest Editors

    Swinton, J., MacKinlay, E.
    Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging, vol. 28, no. 1-2, pp. 2-6
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
  • Unravelling ‘Mental Illness’: What Exactly Are We Talking About?

    Swinton, J.
    Migration and Mental Health: Past and Present. Harper, M. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 21-35, 15 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Theology or therapy? In what sense does depression exist?

    Swinton, J.
    Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 295-298
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Using Our Bodies Faithfully: Christian Friendship and the Life of Worship

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of Disability & Religion, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 228-242
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Why I nominated French philosopher Jean Vanier for the world’s top religious prize

    Swinton, J.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
  • What’s in a name?: Why people with dementia might be better off without the language of personhood

    Swinton, J.
    International Journal of Practical Theology, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 234-247
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Spirituality-in-Healthcare: Just Because it May Be ‘Made Up’ Does Not Mean That it is Not Real and Does Not Matter

    Swinton, J.
    Journal for the Study of Spirituality, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 162-173
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Spirituality and Health

    Büssing, A., Baumann, K., Hvidt, N. C., Koenig, H. G., Puchalski, C. M., Swinton, J.
    Evidence-Based complementary and alternative medicine, vol. 2014, pp. 1-2
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
  • Mental Health: The Inclusive Church Resource

    Swinton, J., Vanier, J.
    Darton, Longman and Todd
    Books and Reports: Books
  • What the Body Remembers: Theological Reflections on Dementia

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging, vol. 26, no. 2-3, pp. 160-172
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Enabling Communities to meet People with Learning Disabilities and respond effectively to their expressed Spiritual and Religious Needs: A Participatory Action Research Approach

    Swinton, J., Gangemi, C., Tobanelli, M., Vincenzi, G.
    Kairos Forum
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
  • Moving Beyond Time: Finding God "In The Past"

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of religion, disability & health, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 338-343
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Theodicy and End-of-Life Care

    Dein, S., Swinton, J., Abbas, S. Q.
    Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care, vol. 9, no. 2-3, pp. 191-208
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Dementia: Living in the Memories of God

    Swinton, J.
    Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids. 298 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Disability in the Christian Tradition: A Reader

    Brock, B. R. (ed.), Swinton, J. (ed.)
    Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids. 528 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Healthcare Spirituality

    Swinton, J.
    Oxford Textbook of Spirituality and Healthcare. Rumbold, B., Puchalski, C., Cobb, M. (eds.). Oxford University Press
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • "Where is your church?": Moving towards a hospitable and sanctified ethnography

    Swinton, J.
    Perspectives on Ecclesiology and Ethnography. Ward, P. (ed.). 1 edition. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., pp. 71-92, 21 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Critical reflections on stanley hauerwas’ theology of disability: Disabling society, enabling theology

    Swinton, J.
    Taylor and Francis Inc.. 205 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • From Health to Shalom: why the religion and health debate needs Jesus

    Swinton, J.
    Healing to all their flesh: Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Spirituality, Theology and Health. Meador, K., Levin, J. (eds.). Templeton Press, pp. 219-242, 23 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • From Inclusion to Belonging: A Practical Theology of Community, Disability and Humanness

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of religion, disability & health, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 172-190
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The wisdom of L'Arche and the practices of care: disability, professional wisdom and encounter-in-community

    Swinton, J.
    Towards Professional Wisdom: Practical Deliberation in the People Professions. Bondi, L., Carr, D., Clark, C., Clegg, C. (eds.). Ashgate, pp. 153-168, 16 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Moving inwards, moving outwards, moving upwards: the role of spirituality during the early stages of breast cancer

    Swinton, J., Bain, V., Ingram, S., Heys, S. D.
    European Journal of Cancer Care, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 640-652
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Effects of a spirituality training program on the spiritual and psychosocial well-being of hospital middle manager nurses in Korea

    Yong, J., Kim, J., Park, J., Seo, I., Swinton, J.
    The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 280-288
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • A History of Disability in Nineteenth-Century Scotland. By Iain Hutchison. Pp. xi + 386.

    Swinton, J.
    Northern Scotland, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 121-122
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
  • Who is the God We Worship?: Theologies of Disability; Challenges and New Possibilities

    Swinton, J.
    International Journal of Practical Theology, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 273-307
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Moving beyond clarity: towards a thin, vague, and useful understanding of spirituality in nursing care

    Swinton, J., Pattison, S.
    Nursing Philosophy, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 226-237
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Living Well and Dying Faithfully: Christian Practices for End-Of-Life Care

    Swinton, J. (ed.), Payne, R. (ed.)
    Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI, USA
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Why bother with research ethics?

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of Community Nursing, vol. 23, no. 9
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Religion and Autism: Initiating an Interdisciplinary Conversation

    Swinton, J., Trevett, C.
    Journal of Religion, Disability and Health, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 2-6
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
  • Introduction: What is disability?

    Hauerwas, S., Vanier, J., Swinton, J.
    Living Gently in a Violent World: The Prophetic Witness of Weakness. Nottingham, United Kingdom: InterVarsity Press.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Other Contributions
  • Researching the Spiritual: Outcome or Process?

    Mowat, H., Swinton, J.
    Interdisciplinary Research: Diverse Approaches in Science, Technology, Health and Society. John Wiley and Sons, pp. 191-212, 22 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Living Gently in a Violent World: The Prophetic Witness of Weakness

    Swinton, J. (ed.)
    Haworth Press. 117 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Researching Spirituality and Mental Health: A perspective from the research

    Swinton, J.
    Spirituality, Values and Mental Health: Jewels for the journey. Coyte, M. E., Gilbert, P., Nicholls, V. (eds.). Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 292-305, 14 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Theology, Disability and the New Genetics: Why science needs the church

    Swinton, J., Brock, B. R. (ed.)
    T. & T. Clark, London, United Kingdom. 264 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Raging with Compassion: Pastoral responses to the problem of evil

    Swinton, J.
    Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI, USA. 256 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Forgetting Whose We Are: Theological Reflections on Personhood, Faith and Dementia

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of religion, disability & health, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 37-63
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Practical Theology and Qualitative Research

    Swinton, J., Mowat, H.
    SCM Press, London, United Kingdom. 278 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Identity and Resistance: Why spiritual care needs enemies

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 918-928
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Religion and Suicide: an exploratory study of the role of the Church in deaths by suicide in Highlands, Scotland

    Mowat, H., Stark, C., Swinton, J., Mowat, D.
    Aberdeen, United Kingdom: Mowat Research Limited. 36 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
  • Religion and Suicide

    Mowat, H., Swinton, J., Stark, C., Mowat, D.
    Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 3-7
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Spirituality, Suffering and Palliative Care: A spiritual approach to palliative care with people who have learning disabilities

    Swinton, J.
    Palliative care for people with learning disabilities. Read, S., Brown, H. (eds.). Quay Books
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Critical reflections on Stanley Hauerwas' essays on disability: Disabling Society, Enabling Theology

    Swinton, J., Hauerwas, S.
    Haworth Press, New York, USA. 228 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Introduction: Hauerwas on disability

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of Religion, Disability and Health, vol. 8, no. 3-4, pp. 1-9
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The Body of Christ has Down’s Syndrome: Theological reflections on disability, vulnerability and Graceful communities

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of Pastoral Theology
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • What Do Chaplains Do?: exploring spiritual care in the National Health Service in Scotland

    Swinton, J.
    Edinburgh: Scottish Executive
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
  • Why Are We Here: Understanding the spiritual lives of people with learning disabilities

    Swinton, J.
    London: Mental Health Foundation
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
  • A Question of Identity: What does it mean for chaplains to become healthcare professionals?

    Swinton, J.
    Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 2-8
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Reclaiming Mystery and Wonder: Towards a narrative based perspective on chaplaincy

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 223-236
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Response to: ‘A critical view of spirituality and spiritual assessment’ by P. Draper and W. McSherry (2002) 39, 1-2

    Swinton, J., Narayanasamy, A.
    Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 1-2
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Spirituality and the Lives of People With Learning Disabilities

    Swinton, J.
    The Tizard Learning Disability Review, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 29-35
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Rediscovering Mystery and Wonder: Toward a Narrative-Based Perspective on Chaplaincy

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 223-236
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Spirituality and learning disability: a qualitative study

    Narayanasamy, A., Gates, R., Swinton, J.
    British Journal of Nursing, vol. 11, no. 14, pp. 948-957
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • A Space to Listen: Meeting the spiritual needs of people with learning disabilities

    Swinton, J.
    London: Mental Health Foundation.
    Other Contributions: Other Contributions
  • Spirituality in Mental Health Care: Rediscovering a "Forgotten Dimension

    Swinton, J.
    Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, United Kingdom. 221 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Spirituality. Come all ye faithful.

    Swinton, J., Pattison, S.
    The Health service journal, vol. 111, no. 5786, pp. 24-25
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Building a Church for Strangers: Theology, church and learnign disabilites

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of religion, disability & health, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 25-65
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Community, culture and character: The place of the virtues in psychiatric nursing practice

    McKie, A., Swinton, J.
    Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 35-42
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 10. The Spiritual Dimension of Pastoral Care: Practical theology in a multidisciplinary context

    Swinton, J.
    Jessica Kingsley Publishers
    Books and Reports: Books
  • 11. From Bedlam to Shalom: Towards a practical theology of human nature. Interpersonal relationships and mental health care

    Swinton, J.
    Peter Lang Pub.
    Books and Reports: Books
  • 9. Resurrecting the Person: Friendship and the care of people with severe mental health problems.

    Swinton, J.
    Abingdon Press, Nashville
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Persons in relation: The care of persons with learning disabilities

    Swinton, J., Mcintosh, E.
    Theology Today, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 175-184
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Restoring the image: Spirituality, faith, and cognitive disability

    Swinton, J.
    Journal of Religion and Health, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 21-28
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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